Mar 7, 2016 | authors, bookshelf
I connected with Jill last year when I discovered her two cookbooks – Mad About Macarons and Teatime in Paris on Twitter (as a macaron lover, you KNOW I had to have a copy of her books!). After corresponding via email for several months, I’m happy to say...
Feb 16, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Teatime in Paris! A Walk Through Easy French Patisserie Recipes author: Jill Colonna publication date: July 1, 2015 publisher: Waverley Books As a busy working mum, my kind of French baking has to be easy, tasty, pretty and inexpensive to reproduce at home. In...
Jan 19, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee author: Hattie Ellis publication date: April 25, 2006 publisher: Broadway Books It is closer to the truth to say that bees perform an act of alchemy. Honey is nothing less than concentrated nectar; and...
Dec 14, 2015 | books, bookshelf
This past year was a little bit light in terms of cookbook purchases for me. The main reason? I’m running out of room! But rest assured, 2016 will be different – Paul has promised to build me a wall of bookshelves just to house my books! Hooray! In the...
Oct 13, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Relish author: Lucy Knisley publication date: April 2, 2013 publisher: First Second I’m lucky to have grown up with cooks and bakers, eaters and critics, and meals to remember. My memories were formed in conjunction with my palate, collected along with...
Aug 25, 2015 | authors, bookshelf
I recently read Monica’s A Life of Spice and fell in love with her writing (you can read my full review here). Besides being a wonderful food essay writer, Monica also is a published (non-food) author and a cookbook author, and has written for many well-known...
